How To Install An Oil Catch Can Subaru
Something like the Mishimoto looks like a very involved install and from reviews doesn't catch a whole lot. I am comparing this to the elite can 'best can maker IMO' on my 2015 Silverado which I had to empty every 500 miles because it was darn near full of oil and water. It was also so easy to install it took about 10 minutes. That is of course due to the Chevy having a simple NA engine and large bay to work in. From what I've also seen on posts, after about 25k miles, the wrx doesn't look to bad inside. Compared to my Chevy where people were showing full on cake at just 5k miles. In the end, I do think the wrx needs something 'wish it was from the factory' but as is, its much more efficient at preventing valve coking than other brands out there and I wouldn't risk warranty or a hose popping off with that big expensive Mishi setup.
IAG is the AOS to go with, for sure. I ran a Peterson catch can on my WRX for a few years. I never had any problems with it per-say, but it was VTA with a breather on the top of the can, and there was a considerable amount of vapor escaping most of the time. It made a big mess in the engine bay, and the entire car smelled of stinky oil/fuel/exhaust. When I get back to working on my car I'm going to modify my Peterson can into a sealed unit, pulling vacuum from an exhaust scavenger placed in the downpipe. Yamaha serial number saxophone. Having to empty the can isn't an issue to me since it's not a daily driver anymore. Plus, I would rather not have all that gunk and water vapor being fed back into my oil sump.
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I'm hoping the exhaust scavenger will work out well, since in theory it should just suck all that nasty crap out the tail pipe with the rest of the exhaust. I just haven't ever seen anyone do it on a Subaru before. I have ordered the vibrant performance breather style catch can and was also wondering if i can T in the pcv to the valve cover breather hose. The cc only has two ports and was thinking it was just for the valve cover breathers but then i realized my pcv also runs into my turbo inlet. If anyone knows if this will work please help! Set up: left valve cover breather hose T'd into the PCV then ran to one port of the catch can, Right valve cover breather to the second port on the catch can. Also when i look at the pcv it runs to the turbo inlet and the intake manifold.
I dont know what to do this is really noobish but havent ran a catch can on my cars before. I wouldn't call mishimoto the pinnacle of quality. The grimspeed is super popular and collects plenty. You should never have a huge amount of oil, if you don there is a bigger problem Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk^^^This. Dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3.
I pulled the trigger ordered the Mishimoto dual setup in red for my 16 WRX. It showed up on time and right out of the box you can tell that the cans and hoses are made well from high quality materials. The first half of install was pretty straightforward from watching the video. The second half on the other hand, not so much.
Once I got my intercooler off and got ready to mount the bracket for the pcv-side can, I realized that the bracket in my kit was not the same as the one shown in the photo. Having installed this kit on a 15 WRX (which is exactly the same) I knew it was wrong. Also, the hoses did not fit the cans or the car. They were way too small. So I took some photos and called up RAlly Sport Direct, who quickly found that Mishimoto packed the wrong hoses in the box. I received those for the 08-14 models. Additionally, after a couple days I was informed by Mishimoto R&D that they had changed the bracket and mounting location for that can, and sent me a photo of where it should now be mounted on the car.